Make the caramelized apples: place the butter and sugar in a large frying pan over low-medium heat and stir until dissolved. Add the apples and cook for 8-10 minutes or until golden and caramelized.
Remove the apples from the pan and allow to cool completely.
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Place the butter and sugar in the large bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and creamy. Gradually add the eggs and beat well. Sift over the flour and baking powder and beat until combined. Fold through the milk and spoon the mixture into two 12-hole ½ cup capacity muffin pans lined with paper cases. Top with the apples and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden and cooked when tested with a skewer. Cool on wire racks.
Make the whipped cinnamon icing: place the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat for 5-6 minutes or until light and creamy. Add the sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon and beat for 10 minutes or until light and creamy.
Using a palette knife, ice the cupcakes and dust over the 1 tablespoon cinnamon.

Makes 24 – I halved the recipe above (for the cupcakes and the caramelized apples), used 1/3 cup (80ml) capacity muffin pans and got 10 cupcakes; I made only 2/5 of the icing recipe and it was enough to generously frost all the 10 cupcakes

Hi I just love the sound of these..Apple pie and cinnamon. I was just wondering if I could somehow make this into a cake? Would the recipe be ok in maybe 7 or 8inch tin.. Do you have any ideas how I could incorporate the caramal apples if I turned these into a cake, would they be ok as a filling do you think.. Thanks for any help Priscilla x

Hi, Anonymous! I'm so glad to hear the recipe worked out for you - thank YOU for letting me know!

Priscilla, thank you for your comment! I think the batter is firm enough to be baked in a larger pan, but do not know the size... Unfortunately. I think you could pour the batter into the pan and layer the apple sliced on top of the batter. Hope it works!

These ARE AWESOME!I just made them, but tweaked the recipe a little bit (with much success!):- for the apples, I used four gala apples with 4 tbsp unsalted butter and 1/2 c. brown sugar with a little bit of salt- for the batter, I added roughly 1 tbsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp allspice, 1 tsp cloves, 1 tsp ginger, and 2 tsp nutmeg. As well, instead of the cup of whole milk, I used 1+3/4 cup skim milk and 1/4 cup plain yohgurt with lemon juice to make a buttermilk-type mixture.- for the icing, I substituted half the butter with light chream cheese and added a dash of vanilla flavouring, only 1+3/4 c. icing sugar, and 1/4 c. maple syrup.